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Jan 15, 2013 Local News
Plans for Kyushu Luxury Train Cruises Attract Millionaires Overseas
The "Seven Stars in Kyushu" luxury sleeper cruise train, which will start making the rounds of Kyushu next autumn, has been quick to catch on with well-off people not only in Japan...
Jan 15, 2013 Local News
HTB Gives up on Nagasaki-Shanghai Route
Huis Ten Bosch subsidiary HTB Cruise announced on Jan. 11 that it has abandoned efforts to resume its Nagasaki-Shanghai passenger service. The company said will explore resuming ca...
Jan 8, 2013 Local News
Fukuoka City Soliciting Input to Increase Visitors
Fukuoka City has announced its plans to increase visitors to the city from the 2010 figure of 3.58 million to 20 million by 2022. Of this, 2.5 million are hoped to be visitors from...
Jan 5, 2013 Local News
Overnight Highway Bus Discounts
Catch a Nishitetsu Night Highway Bus between Feb. 1 ~ Feb. 28 for big discounts on tickets! One-way tickets for three of the company’s overnight routes will be discounted between ...
Dec 20, 2012 Local News
Peach Aviation to Add International Flights from Fukuoka
Low cost carrier, Peach Aviation has announced it will begin international flights from Fukuoka in 2014. The airline plans to take advantage of Fukuoka’s close proximity to Asia an...
Dec 17, 2012 Local News
Ten-Year Decline in Long Distance Ferry Passengers from Kyushu
The Kyushu Transport Bureau released its statistics for long-distance ferry travel to and from Kyushu in the first half of FY 2012. The number of passengers fell by 2.4% to 747,829...
Dec 12, 2012 Local News
Subway Discount and Fries for Kids!
Fukuoka City Subway has launched special discount service for kids during winter vacation period 12/22~1/7. Elementary school students can purchase a ticket for just ¥100 that allo...
Dec 10, 2012 Local News
Micro-electric Car / Smart Phone Experiment
A free car-rental system utilizing smart phones begins its trial period on Dec. 6 in the Momochi area. Venture company REEVO have created an original application that allows users ...
Dec 7, 2012 Local News
Kyushu is Well Known, But…
The Development Bank of Japan released results from recent “foreigner consciousness” research conducted with around 4,000 people in 8 areas of Asia. The areas polled were Korea, Be...
Dec 6, 2012 Local News
Starflyer First in Japan to Buy Airbus A320 with Sharklet
Kitakyushu based airline, Starflyer, has announced it will purchase an Airbus A320. The new airplane will arrive in June 2013, and will be the first Airbus A320 purchased in Japan....